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  <title>MediaGoblin now with 3d support: MediaGoblin community and Lulzbot team up</title>
  <meta name="date" content="2012-10-22 10:30" />
  <meta name="author" content="Christopher Allan Webber" />
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<p>
  I have some very exciting announcements this morning.  Basically,
  thanks to generous support from
  <a href="http://www.lulzbot.com/en/">LulzBot</a> and one awesome
  MediaGoblin contributor Aeva Ntsc, we now have 3d model support in
  MediaGoblin!  This awesome news means that MediaGoblin becomes more
  useful for 3d artists and is well on its way for those looking for a
  free software, customizable alternative to something like
  Thingiverse!  (Goblinverse??)
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  I have plenty more to say, but demonstrations speak louder than
  words, so check out this video:
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<p>
  Thrilling stuff, right?  What's also thrilling is just how fast this
  all came together.  Last Sunday Jeff Moe of LulzBot made a
  generous donation to
  <a href="http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html">MediaGoblin's
  campaign</a> and said that whoever added 3d model support to
  MediaGoblin would get their
  <a href="http://www.lulzbot.com/en/3d-printer/153-ao-100.html">LulzBot
    AO-100</a> 3d printer as a reward
  (which, by the way, is the first ever
  <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/hardware-certification-aleph-objects-lulzbot-3d-printer">FSF certified</a>
  piece of hardware).  Before we could even make a public
  announcement, Aeva blasted through the implementation... in just two
  nights!  It's pretty cool... it uses
  <a href="http://blender.org/">Blender</a> to render the stills and
  has a webgl browser preview using
  <a href="https://github.com/tbuser/thingiview.js">thingiview.js</a>
  (an LGPLv3 based javascript library).  Anyway.  Thrilling stuff.
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<p>
  I think this news was exciting for everyone, but especially for me!
  When I give talks about MediaGoblin I frequently say "the media
  types layer is extensible, so you could even add support for
  something like 3d model support if you wanted to."  I didn't expect
  us to get this so soon... I guess I'll have to come up with a new
  line.  I guess that's the best kind of problem to have!
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<p>
  Code is not yet merged into master but you can
  <a href="https://gitorious.org/~cwebber/mediagoblin/cwebbers-mediagoblin/commits/aeva-printables">check it out here</a>
  if curious.  We are hoping it should land in the next release.
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<p>
  Oh, and did I mention that we're running this
  <a href="/pages/campaign.html">crowdfunding campaign</a>?  Every bit
  helps, and we've still got a ways to go!
  <a href="/news/10k-campaign-matching.html">Contributions are
  currently being doubled</a>... so your support is welcome.  And tell
  a friend!  The world's most beautiful media publishing future is
  counting on *you*!
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